The vast majority of the population of NATO countries supports military assistance to Ukraine
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The majority of the population in NATO countries supports their country's military assistance to Ukraine in the fight against Russia.
The majority of NATO members support the idea of the Alliance continuing its military support for Ukraine. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the North Atlantic Alliance, UNN reports.
Details
It is noted that in 2023, NATO continued to monitor citizens' perceptions of the Alliance's defense and security.
The results show significant agreement that NATO membership reduces the likelihood of a foreign attack (61%, respectively, in 2022), and support for increased defense spending has increased by five percentage points (40% in 2023; 35% in 2022).
Most Alliance respondents agree that their country continues to support Ukraine (63%)
The majority of Alliance respondents agree that their country continues to support Ukraine (63 percent).
Albania, Portugal, Iceland, Finland, and Norway are the most supportive of continuing military support for Ukraine.
At the same time, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Greece, Bulgaria, and Slovakia are the most opposed to this issue.
Addendum
The agency said that the survey was conducted in 31 NATO countries and Sweden (which was not a NATO member at the time of the survey - ed.)
In all countries that conducted online surveys, a sample of at least 1000 respondents per country was achieved. In countries that conducted the survey by telephone, a sample of at least 500 people per country was reached. A total of 30,925 interviews were conducted.
Online interviews with quotas by gender, age and region. In Albania and Montenegro, interviews were conducted by phone and random sampling. All data were weighted according to the latest population statistics.
Recall
Polish President Andrzej Duda plans to propose raising the defense spending requirements for NATO countries from 2% to 3% of GDP during his upcoming visit to the United States and talks with the allies.
